Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. C. Phillips, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 September 1916

British War and Victory Medals (G-11271 Pte. R. C. Phillips. R. Suss. R.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Charles Phillips) good very fine (3) £80-£120

Richard Charles Phillips was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Lowestoft, Suffolk. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action during the battle of the Somme on 9 September 1916, on which date the battalion was involved in the attack on Wood Lane- the objectives were taken, and the gains secured by digging defensive flanks, but at the cost of 262 casualties. Phillips is buried in London Cemeterey, Longueval, France.

Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient’s grave.